Road trip: charming and quirky West Texas, beyond Marfa

ALPINE - The Juan Carrasco Mercantile is an unassuming little business - decorated with an "All Day Breakfast" sign and a large smiling face decal - that sits off to the side of Texas 17 in Balmorhea. The store doesn't command attention unless your needs include gasoline or roadside sundries like a sixer of beer or shaving cream, which comes in a generic cannister marked "Shave Cream."

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